msuvul
59
Virginia-Lynchburg VUL 1-8
123
Winner MORGAN STATE MSUM 3-5
Virginia-Lynchburg VUL
1-8
59
Final
123
MORGAN STATE MSUM
3-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Virginia-Lynchburg VUL 39 20 59
MORGAN STATE MSUM 62 61 123

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | MSU Athletics Communications

Bears Run Past Dragons

Score: Morgan State 123 | Virginia-Lynchburg 59
Location: Hill Field House, Baltimore, Md.
Records: Morgan State 3-5 | Virginia-Lynchburg 1-7
The short story: Senior guard Malik Miller scored a game-high 26 points with six rebounds as Morgan State reached the century mark for the second time this season, defeating Virginia-Lynchburg, 123-59, in non-conference action Tuesday night at Hill Field House.
 
OPENING TIP
  • Miller connected on 9-of-11 from the floor and scored 21 of his 26 points in the second half.
  • Senior forward Khalil Turner finished with a season-high 21 points (10-12 FG) and added six rebounds, six assists and four steals. 
  • Senior guard Isaiah Burke added 20 points with six assists and three boards in 25 minutes.
  • Toto Fagbenle came off the bench and chipped in 14 points with a game-high six steals and four boards.  
  • Marcus Willis scored 25 points with three boards and three assists to lead the Dragons. Christian Goode (8 rebs, 4 asts) and Reed Pendleton (5 rebs) added 10 points apiece.
THE DIFFERENCE
  • Morgan turned over VUL 27 times and scored 37 points off those miscues.
  • Morgan raced out to a 62-39 halftime lead against an overmatched Dragons team that plays in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). 
  • The ballgame was tied at 12-12 before the Khalil Turner scored on a layup to help ignite a 30-5 run over the course of the next seven minutes.  Turner collected a steal and finished with a fast break dunk to extend the Bears' lead to 42-17 with nine minutes left in the half.
  • The Bears opened the second half with a 12-3 run to give the Bears a 75-42 lead. 
  • Morgan hit the century mark on the scoreboard when Toto Fagbenle hit a pair of free throws to give the Bears a 100-53 lead with nine minutes remaining.  
  • The Bears out-rebounded the Dragons by a 47-30 margin.
  • Morgan shot .622 (51-of-82) from the field, compared to VUL's .344 (21-of-61). VUL shot .316 (6-19) from beyond the arc, while the Bears connected on 6-of-17 (.353) from 3-point range.
  • The Bears held a commanding 22-4 advantage in second chance points.  
  • Morgan scored 76 points inside the paint.
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NOTABLE
  • Tuesday night's game marked the first meeting between the teams in basketball action 
  • Malik Miller eclipsed the 1,000 point mark for his career early in the second half … he currently has 1,019 points. 
 
UP NEXT
The Bears will return to action when they travel to Ohio for a non-conference matchup against the Bowling Green Falcons. Tip-off at the Stroh Center is set for Saturday, December 3rd  at 2 p.m. The game will be streamed live on ESPN3.


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ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.



 
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